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- From: jfelder@lerc.nasa.gov (James L. Felder)
- Subject: Re: A nation chosen by GOD?
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:58:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.013750.3020@cnsvax.uwec.edu>, nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
- (David Nye) wrote:
- >
- > [reply to pierce@lanai.cs.ucla.edu]
- >
- > >As I clearly noted, I *forwarded* the article. *None* of the contents,
- > >drivel or otherwise, were mine!
- >
- > What was it in the forwarded article that you thought would be of
- > interest to us in alt.atheist?
- >
- > David Nye
- > nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
-
- That there are scary people out there who firmly believe that if they can
- just get their brand of moral meat hooks into my "soul" the country would
- be saved. More importantly, they firmly believe that forcing their
- delusions down everyones throat is justified to return to those utopian
- days of yesteryear. Just because such drivel is laughable doesn't make it
- any less dangerous. I'm sure the Jews of Europe in the '20 didn't take the
- ravings of a lunatic head of a small hate group as a serious threat. Sure
- antisemitism hounded their existence, but this guy was not threat, right?
-
- These people are even more dangerous, IMHO. They have GOD on their side,
- therefore anything they do is blessed. Remember, the large majority of
- people in the US are Xian's, or claim to be. All it would take is some
- major societal catastophy, and these, I follow the one and only right true
- way, people would come storming out of their hiding places to convince the
- nation that the cause of their enemies. Its already happening, just look
- at all the finger pointing at "humanism" in our schools being the root
- cause of our current "decline" as a nation.
-
- As you, I think, and perhaps others have pointed out in this group, Xian's
- world view is based on emotions, not cold logic. Find the right hot
- bottoms, especially when the subject is under stress, and you can make
- those who are guided by emotions do anything you want. It doesn't matter
- that most Xian's are a peacible lot, their world view makes them ripe for
- this kind of manipulating.
-
- Sorry if I ran on, I tend to do that when I'm scared shitless.
-
- James L. Felder (216)891-4019 -My opinions are MINE-
- Sverdrup Technology, Inc. jfelder@lerc.nasa.gov I think that should
- NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland 44135 cover all bases,
- don't you.
-
- "Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge -
- other people gargle"
-